Abid Askari, a spokesman for Pakistan's military, denied the soldier had fired on Indian posts.
Al-Askari said he would push for the Iraqi government to contest the contract renewal.
It is not the court's job, says Hasan Askari Rizvi, a commentator, to enter the executive's domain.
The mood Monday on the streets in Basra was quiet, said al-Askari, the prime minister's spokesman.
But Sami al-Askari, a prominent Shiite member of parliament, said any commutation would set a dangerous precedent.
Al-Askari said there is a general mood of displeasure within the Iraqi government because of the contract renewal.
The Shiite militia members that were in the streets have withdrawn, al-Askari said.
Dr Askari fears a government under Mr Sharif will tilt towards the politico-religious right, and thereby create further confusion in how to deal with militancy.
Pakistani political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi said Islamic religious leaders in his country had been "too vague in their condemnation" of attacks on vaccination campaigners.
However, Mr Sharif could become the prime minister if his margin of victory over the PPP runs upwards of 25 seats or more, adds Dr Askari.
"We detected between six to seven entry points through which dogs or other stray animals were able to intrude on the circuit, " Askari Zaidi told the BBC.
The Supreme Court is unlikely to be able to unseat the government, which controls a governing coalition in Parliament, said Hasan-Askari Rizvi, an independent political analyst based in Lahore.
The Guardian said the top negotiator for the Iraqi government, Sami al-Askari, had flown several time to Iran to negotiate with the kidnappers in the holy city of Qom.
Mr Askari indicated that the timing of Peter Moore's release was linked to the demand of the kidnappers for a number of their own militants, detained by the Americans, to be freed.
Al-Askari said al-Taie's remains were handed over as part of an amnesty exchange agreement with Asaib Ahl al-Haq, under which the group will not face criminal prosecution or penalties if it disarms or turns over prisoners.
Defence and political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi says that while the PML-N may improve its standing comparative to the PPP, neither group is likely to win a straight majority out of the 275 seats up for grabs.
If unilateral US attacks continue, warns defence analyst Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi, "the military commanders and major political circles will build strong pressure on the civilian government to downgrade cooperation with the US, and target American drones".
But Mr al-Askari, who is a member of the Iraqi parliament and adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, told the BBC that Iran had nothing to do with the kidnapping, and that he had never flown to Iran.
Whatever the legacy of President Musharraf, Dr Askari argues that the new government's efforts "to contain the activities of Islamist groups and parties, which often act as political front for militants, have received a setback due to American raids".
At other times they act to prevent a tragedy, such as when Shia clerics called on their followers, apparently successfully, not to retaliate against innocent Sunnis after the second bombing of the al-Askari shine in Samarra in June of this year.
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